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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103720

A Study of the Effects of Excessive Potassium Intake upon Body Potassium Stores

Alexander N. Drescher,1 Nathan B. Talbot,1 Patricia A. Meara,1 Mary Terry,1 and John D. Crawford1

Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

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This work was supported by Grants A-808 of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, by Grants H-1529 and HTS-5139 from the National Heart Institute, Public Health Service and by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

This work was supported by Grants A-808 of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, by Grants H-1529 and HTS-5139 from the National Heart Institute, Public Health Service and by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

This work was supported by Grants A-808 of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, by Grants H-1529 and HTS-5139 from the National Heart Institute, Public Health Service and by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

This work was supported by Grants A-808 of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, by Grants H-1529 and HTS-5139 from the National Heart Institute, Public Health Service and by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and the Children's Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.

1

This work was supported by Grants A-808 of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, by Grants H-1529 and HTS-5139 from the National Heart Institute, Public Health Service and by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York.

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Published September 1, 1958 - More info

Published in Volume 37, Issue 9 on September 1, 1958
J Clin Invest. 1958;37(9):1316–1322. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103720.
© 1958 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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